On foundations of quantum physics

TL;DR

This paper critically examines the foundations of quantum physics, emphasizing the importance of coordinate choice, analyzing the concept of time in quantum systems, and proposing an interpretation of the wave function as an informational field.

Contribution

It highlights the coordinate dependence of quantum formalism, clarifies the origin of time in quantum mechanics, and offers a novel interpretation of the wave function as an informational field.

Findings

Quantum theory is formulated in Cartesian coordinates.

Time in quantum systems depends on subsystem extraction.

Wave function interpreted as an informational field.

Abstract

Some aspects of the interpretation of quantum theory are discussed. It is emphasized that quantum theory is formulated in the Cartesian coordinate system; in other coordinates the result obtained with the help of the Hamiltonian formalism and commutator relations between 'canonically conjugated' coordinate and momentum operators leads to a wrong version of quantum mechanics. The origin of time is analyzed in detail by the example of atomic collision theory. It is shown that for a closed system like the three-body (two nuclei + electron) time-dependent Schroedinger equation has no physical meaning since in the high impact energy limit it transforms into an equation with two independent time-like variables; the time appears in the stationary Schroedinger equation as a result of extraction of a classical subsystem (two nuclei) from a closed three-body system. Following the Einstein-Rozen-Podolsky experiment and Bell's inequality the wave function is interpreted as an actual field of information in the elementary form. The relation between physics and mathematics is also discussed.